metatarsal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the metatarsus, the part of the foot between the ankle and toes

   An unusual muscle was attached to the metatarsal bone of the fifth digit.

2. 2
   noun

   any of the long bones between the ankle bones and the toe bones

   The runner fractured a metatarsal near the outer edge of her foot.

From metatarsus + -al. Metatarsus was formed in anatomical Latin from Greek meta-, 'after or beyond,' + tarsos, 'the flat of the foot,' for the bones lying beyond the tarsus toward the toes.

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